Jung trots up to defend European Eventing Champs title
Four previous winners are amid the 61 starters at the HSBC FEI European Eventing Championships inwards the unique seaside setting of Malmö, Sweden, this weekend.
This is the outset fourth dimension since the biennial championships began lx years agone that it has been held inwards Sweden.
A total of 61 combinations representing xv nations volition start the competition; 10 nations are fielding teams and, every bit host nation, Sweden volition direct keep vi private riders inwards add-on to a squad of four.
Competitors gain from veterans such every bit William Fox-Pitt (GBR) together with Kristina Cook (GBR), who both made their European Championship debuts xx years agone inwards 1993, to 21-year-old Althea Bleekman, who competes for the Netherlands for the outset time, having switched from British to Dutch nationality.
Four one-time private champions are competing: Great Britain’s Pippa Funnell (1999 together with 2001), France’s Nicholas Touzaint (2003 together with 2007), Kristina Cook (2009) together with Germany’s defending champion, Michael Jung (2011), who volition ride quaternary for his squad on the nine-year-old Halunke FBW.
Kristina Cook’s Miners Frolic, a 15-year-old Thoroughbred gelding, has the distinction of beingness easily the most medalled Equus caballus inwards the field. The boy of Miners Lamp holds dual Olympic bronze medals (from 2008) every bit good every bit dual European gilded (2009), World squad gilded (2010) together with Olympic squad silverish (2012).
The outset Equus caballus inspection was held on Midweek afternoon inwards vivid sunshine inwards forepart of the Ground Jury of President Marilyn Payne (USA), Christina Klingspor (SWE) together with Christian Landolt (SUI).
The alone cloud on proceedings was the disappointment for immature British passenger Tom McEwen, who was to brand his senior entitle debut exactly whose horse, Diesel, did non transcend the Equus caballus inspection. British Chef d’Equipe Yogi Breisner said Diesel was sore inwards the dorsum later the trip over, exactly that “it is absolutely cypher serious”.
Three other horses were sent to the asset box exactly were accepted: Nemetis de Laiou, ridden past times Lionel Guyon for France; Tubber Rebel (Dag Albert, SWE) together with Nodin d’Orval (Stefano Fioravanti, ITA).
The Germans, drawn outset to become inwards the squad competition, announced their squad monastic tell every bit Dirk Schrade on Hop together with Skip, followed past times Ingrid Klimke on the nine-year-old FRH Escada JS, Andreas Dibowski (FRH Butts Avedon) together with reigning Olympic, World together with European Champion Michael Jung every bit anchorman on Halunke FBW.
All iv horses are novel to entitle level, exactly this is unlikely to last a handicap to the reigning Olympic together with European Champions – Hop together with Skip has CCI4* shape together with Escada together with Halunke direct keep both won CIC3*s.
France, silverish medalists on German linguistic communication soil inwards 2011, has named Karim Florent Laghouag every bit pathfinder alongside Punch de l’Esques. Astier Nicolas goes minute alongside Piaf de b’Neville, followed past times Donatien Schauly on Seculaire, together with finally Nicolas Touzaint alongside Lesbos.
Great Britain, which won 8 consecutive European squad gilded medals betwixt 1995 together with 2009, together with took bronze inwards Luhmühlen 2 years ago, fields a mix of old together with new. Their pathfinder is Pippa Funnell, making her outset British squad appearance since the Athens Olympic Games inwards 2004 together with selected alongside squad newcomer Mirage d’Elle.
She is reunited alongside her old friends Kristina Cook together with William Fox-Pitt (Chilli Morning) – the iii direct keep been team-mates since Junior days – addition Lucy Wiegersma, who makes her senior squad debut on Simon Porloe, quaternary inwards the CIC3* at Malmö inwards 2011. Izzy Taylor volition compete KBIS Briarlands Matilda every bit an individual.
Sweden, which won European squad gilded xx years agone inwards Achselschwang (GER), fields Frida Andersen (Herta), Nicholas Lindback (Mister Pooh), Olympic silverish medalist Sara Algotsson-Ostholt on Reality 39 together with Ludwig Svennerstal on Shamwari 4.
The championships convey place, similar the London Olympic Games finally year, inwards a populace park, together with the amount of locomote that has been done on the cross-country basis cannot last underestimated.
“The organisers deserve huge credit for the amount of locomote they direct keep achieved inwards such a curt time,” said Technical Delegate Patricia Clifton (GBR). “The going is perfect. In fact the whole upshot is thence well-presented, which is a remarkable essay when y'all reckon that they’ve actually alone had nearly 2 weeks’ access to the site, much of which is however opened upwardly to the public.”
The challenger begins at 10.02am on Th when Dirk Schrade together with Hop together with Skip opened upwardly proceedings inwards the dressage arena. The concluding 29 riders volition perform their dressage tests on Friday, led past times Sweden’s Malin Petersen together with Sofarsogood.
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